TOT not fair to hotel owners Three years ago, the motel & hotel owners in Chula Vista voted to approve an amendment to the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) of 2 1/2% (on top of the existing 10%) that persons staying in our motels/hotels would have to pay. It’s purpose was to “put more heads in [...]
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December 30, 2011
DA’s office needs to get their priorities in orders I am sure that Bonnie Dumanis and the D.A.’s office have their priorities. Remember Diana Gonzalez, the young Latina who was beaten and raped by her estranged husband? Because the D.A.’s office failed to file CRIMINAL charges against this monster, he eventually killed Diana when she [...]
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December 16, 2011
Open letter to the Latino community. Members of the San Diego Union Tribune Editor’s Latino Advisory Council It is with deep regret that I take this time to inform you that I, effective immediately, chose not to be a member of the Council due to the recent changes in ownership of the newspaper. While [...]
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November 23, 2011
CVESD highlights their charter school program As we approach the Thanksgiving Holiday break, I want to extend my personal gratitude for your unwavering support of your children in our schools. Your dedication and commitment are major reasons for the outstanding academic success that we have enjoyed across our system. As you may know, 93 [...]
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November 18, 2011
Open Letter From Presente.org Regarding The Ongoing Controversy Surrounding Cecilia Muñoz A few weeks ago, and after much deliberation, Presente.org made a very vocal and public demand to President Obama’s top immigration aide, Cecilia Muñoz: Stop being the voice of misinformation about policies that devastate our communities. Our decision to publicly demand that Muñoz [...]
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November 4, 2011
HR 3012 is a great first step in immigration reform I am writing to you today as a member of Immigration Voice (http://www.Immig rationVoice.org). Founded in December 2005, Immigration Voice is a rapidly growing, national grassroots non-profit organization of over 70,000 legal, highly-skilled immigrants. Immigration Voice members are committed to sensible improvements to the [...]
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October 28, 2011
Hunter, Bilbray, and Issa urged to cut defense spending The debate in Washington affects all of us here in San Diego. We are dealing with cut backs in funding for teachers, police and fire safety. One big way that Congressmen Hunter, Bilbray and Issa and Congress can address the escalating deficit and debt [...]
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October 21, 2011
Congress Needs to protect the low-income Your coverage of the rise in poverty tells us that the recession isn’t over for more than 46 million poor Americans, the largest number in the 52 years the Census Bureau has been collecting poverty statistics. We absolutely need a job creation package to help the jobless [...]
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October 7, 2011
Physician supports Atkins’ AB 499 There has been a great deal of discussion on the editorial page about Assembly member Toni Atkins’ AB 499, a commonsense measure which would allow minors to consent to receive STD prevention medical care. As a physician who provides reproductive health care, I wholeheartedly support this commonsense measure. It [...]
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September 30, 2011
Redevelopment in San Diego? Over the past week I have attended no less than two ‘Sliver along the Trolley’ community plan working group meeting. The first the Commercial & Imperial Corridor Master Plan – Working Group Meeting #3 and the Euclid + Market Land Use and Mobility Working Group #2 Meeting. I can [...]
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September 16, 2011
Who is going to tell our story? Do you remember the movie Stand and Deliver? In this movie based on a true story, Jaime Escalante challenges his students to a higher level of achievement. He teaches them to reject society’s expectations of failure. And when they actually achieve a miracle through hard work, the [...]
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July 15, 2011
I urge our representatives to protect the low-income When did protecting the wealthy become our overriding civic virtue? Are tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires really more important than the health and development of our children? The truth is anti-poverty programs work. For example, a new study shows that people enrolled in Medicaid [...]
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June 17, 2011
Hispanic voice left out of Master Planning What the City says about Community Inclusion in Redevelopment – is that what the community wants, or what they want to give us? It seems that the claimed Community Inclusion is not so. Last night, I attended the working group meeting for Market-Euclid Village Master Plan. The [...]
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May 20, 2011
Public Ed students cannot be charged fees to participate! East Lake High School parents were refunded the money they paid for their children to participate on track and field sports team last month. Parents paid $135 for their children to play on the Otay Ranch High School basketball team and may request refunds. That [...]
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April 29, 2011
AT&T y T-Mobile puede beneficiar a la comunidad latina Estimado Editor: Aunque la propuesta consolidación entre AT&T y T-Mobile ha recibido mucha atención en la prensa, un asunto que no ha recibido suficiente atención es la manera en que la combinación de ambas redes tecnológicas beneficiará a los consumidores, especialmente los consumidores latinos. [...]
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April 22, 2011
Redistricting being manipulated by a few If you attended the [re-districting] meeting last night (April 19) at the Malcolm X Library – tell me, was not the behavior of those holding political and economic power in City Council District 4 not illustrative of institutionalized racism? Was not the super-majority of those in attendance [...]
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April 1, 2011
Dear La Prensa community, A bridal shower that I hosted for my daughter has come under scrutiny recently for no other reason, I believe, than to further some people’s political agendas. It was a beautiful event to celebrate a milestone in my daughter’s, and my family’s, life. Many of those in attendance have come [...]





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